| Autor: |
Garcia, Ada L., Koebnick, Corinna, Dagnelie, Peter C., Strassner, Carola, Elmadfa, Ibrahim, Katz, Norbert, Leitzmann, Claus, Hoffmann, Ingrid |
| Zdroj: |
British Journal of Nutrition; Jun2008, Vol. 99 Issue 6, p1293-1300, 8p |
| Abstrakt: |
Dietary carotenoids are associated with a reduced risk of chronic diseases. Raw food diets are predominantly plant-based diets that are practised with the intention of preventing chronic diseases by virtue of their high content of beneficial nutritive substances such as carotenoids. However, the benefit of a long-term adherence to these diets is controversial since little is known about their adequacy. Therefore, we investigated vitamin A and carotenoid status and related food sources in raw food diet adherents in Germany. Dietary vitamin A, carotenoid intake, plasma retinol and plasma carotenoids were determined in 198 (ninety-two male and 106 female) strict raw food diet adherents in a cross-sectional study. Raw food diet adherents consumed on average 95 weight% of their total food intake as raw food (approximately 1800??g/d), mainly fruits. Raw food diet adherents had an intake of 1301 retinol activity equivalents/d and 16??7??mg/d carotenoids. Plasma vitamin A status was normal in 82??% of the subjects (???????1??05????mol/l) and 63??% had ??-carotene concentrations associated with chronic disease prevention (???????0??88????mol/l). In 77??% of subjects the lycopene status was below the reference values for average healthy populations (??
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| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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